Poem-a-Day

Poem-a-Day is the original, daily poetry series featuring new poems by today’s poets. Produced by the Academy of American Poets, this free digital series is made possible by you, our readers and listeners. Theme music by Kat Rejsek. Audio engineering by Thea Matthews. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.

Books
951
Analicia Sotelo: "Eating the Moon in Cotulla, TX"
3 min
952
Roger Reeves: "The Head of the Cottonmouth"
3 min
953
Matthew Zapruder: "Poem for a Suicide"
3 min
954
Jake Skeets: "Anthropocenic"
3 min
955
Ibn al-Fāriḍ: from the "Khamriyyah"
5 min
956
Wallada bint al-Mustakfi: "[When you told us ou...
3 min
957
Diane Seuss: "Folk Song"
6 min
958
Tiana Clark: "After the Reading"
3 min
959
José Olivarez: "yes the business folk"
3 min
960
Paul Tran: "Taurus Sun, Cancer Moon, Scorpio Ri...
5 min
961
Jennifer L. Knox: "Prayer of the Shy Forest"
2 min
962
Imruʾ al-Qais: from "The Ode of Ímr el Káis"
4 min
963
Edna K. Saloomey: "My Lebanon"
3 min
964
Carl Phillips: "Western Edge"
2 min
965
Dana Levin: "Dream Nest"
2 min
966
Molly McCully Brown: "Virginia, Autumn"
3 min
967
Dorianne Laux: "I Dare You"
4 min
968
Victoria Chang: "Grass, 1967"
3 min
969
Kahlil Gibran: "Youth and Age"
6 min
970
Guest Editor Interview: April 2023 Guest Editor...
10 min
971
al-Khansāʾ: "[When night draws on, remembering ...
3 min
972
Danez Smith: "anti poetica"
3 min
973
Jane Huffman: "On Moving"
2 min
974
Lisa Olstein: "Horse"
2 min
975
Dana Roeser: "Mouth"
3 min